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24 September 2013

A cousin of mine has been encouraging me to take on the massive task of doing NaNoWriMo this year. Part of me is dreading it, but some other part of me is thinking that I finished Hard Bank Left in little more than a month using the chapter-a-day method. So, here I am, thinking of what exactly I want to write about and a few under-appreciated ideas come to mind. If you, my loyal fans could help me narrow down which novel I should write, I would really appreciate it.

The tentative titles, genres, and loglines I have in mind are as follows:

We Are Pilots(near-future post-invasion)

Delta, an Air Force fighter pilot, is kidnapped in a sudden alien
invasion, forced through a screening process, and is forced to fly as a
pilot for the invaders in their long term interplanetary war.

Driven(dystopian sci-fi)

In the future, a terraformed Mars loses contact with Earth, leaving its
unsteady government system vulnerable to the power-hungry crime lords
that have long since been pulling the strings in political realms. Rya
leaves her two sisters shortly after their parents die in order to work
for one of these crime lords as a race car driver, only to discover that
she's in over her head in more ways than one.

In the Time of Angels(religious comedy)

After Altamont, the Angel of Destruction, frees Belfast, the Angel of
Time, from his "eternal prison" she guilts him into what she believes is
the most important mission of her entire career.Feather Flies, Jixies, and the Secret Door (YA Fantasy)

When her mother is assigned over seas, Jessica is sent to live with her
father in his large, mysterious house where she discovers that not all
childhood fantasies are imaginary.

01 August 2013

As some of you may have noticed, I didn't blog on Monday or Wednesday. What some of you may not have noticed (and I mean, really, how could you notice unless you've been spying on me?! *gasp*) that I've been editing a lot of Hard Bank Left lately! I've come to several realizations, not the least of which being who the bad guys are/bad guy motivation. (I refer you to this last Friday's blog.)

I've also been thinking a lot about Krys's family relations, and her discontentment at home and I realized - though I really have no idea how - that Krys is the middle child of three. This has put a number of plot twists in my head that I really can't wait to share with you... but you're going to have to wait until the middle of Tailslide to hear about them! Muahahahaha! xD But seriously, it's killing me not telling you right now!

In other news! The first two chapters of HBL will be available for public reading in the up and coming magazine Book-it! from Chapter One. I'm so stoked. I've been working with the editor to get an exclusive look to the story, including but not limited to pictures. It's been really fun and I hope you enjoy the effort. If you don't live in Utah and are looking for a copy of my story in the magazine, you can pre-order your copy of the first issue here, subscriptions are available.

Also! super awesome bonus material alertI am holding a competition for best Steam Punk! If you are into cosplay, are an artist, or you have friends who are, this is for you.

In Hard Bank Left, Target Lost, and Tailslide there are a ton of fight scenes. In these there are characters the have special physic abilities. The winner of this competition will get the opportunity to be written into one of these three stories as either a good guy or a bad guy with one of these abilities. Here is your chance to be immortalized in fiction!

THE COMPETITION:To enter into this competition, you must submit a picture or drawing of you or one of your original characters/alter-egos to aletheraia@gmail.com no later than August 15th. The winner will be announced the next day in my usual Fan Art Friday post.

SUBMISSION RULES:

The character must a specific mental ability. For a list of powers, check out my wiki page. This doesn't have to be demonstrated, just let me know in the email.

The character must demonstrate that they are in the Shadow Cast world by having one or more of the following objects:

has objects that glow cyan

has an elaborately decorated key

has a mix of steampunk and cyberpunk tech (ie a musket and a flexi)

If a bad guy, the character must demonstrate some sort of military insignia

If a good guy, the character must stand out as being eccentric in some way (ex. they're crazy, have no sense of style, or are a gypsy)